Dimitri Varshavsky

Dimitri Varshavsky (died 19 February 1968) was a Spetsnaz operative who was active in Laos with the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Varshavsky was a brutish Soviet Union special forces commander of the Spetsnaz, and was sent as a liaison to the Viet Cong forces fighting in the Laos-Vietnam border during the Vietnam War. On 19 February 1968 he watched as three American captives were forced to play Russian roulette, and killed one of them when he refused to participate. The other two, Alex Mason and Frank Woods, took guns and shot their way through the cave hideout and attempted to escape. Varshavsky ran to the cave exit and tried to climb to the top, but was cornered, and Mason riddled him with bullets.